A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a fee on the importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products to protect the national and energy security interests of the United States.
Energy Security Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an import fee on: (1) the first sale within the United States of any crude oil or any refined petroleum product imported into the United States; and (2) the use within the United States of any crude oil or any refined petroleum product imported into the United States if no such tax has been imposed prior to such use. Exempts from such tax crude oil or refined petroleum products purchased for export.
Sets the rate of such tax as the difference between $18 per barrel and the average world price of crude oil per barrel.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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